Method for automatically linking a data element to existing research

Abstract

Business research items are maintained for a subscriber, wherein the business items are any of the following: company information, contact information, ideas, themes, or notes. When the user creates a new item for business research, the input is parsed to match the parsed user input to indexed research to identify a matching entry (or entries), wherein a link is automatically suggested between the matching entry (or entries) and the new item to be created. Upon receiving an acknowledgement from the user accepting the suggestion, the suggested link is stored in permanent memory.

1 . A method comprising the steps of:
 a. maintaining business research items for a subscriber, said business research items comprising combinations of the following: company information, contact information, ideas, themes, or notes; and   b. receiving a user input for creating a new item for business research, said new item for business research chosen from any of the following: company information, contact information, ideas, themes, or notes;   c. parsing said received user input and matching parsed user input to indexed research to identify at least one matching entry;   d. automatically suggesting a link between said at least one matching entry and said created new item; and   e. upon receiving an acknowledgement accepting said suggested link, permanently storing said suggested link between said at least one matching entry and said created new item.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein at least one business research item belongs to another subscriber. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein research items are associated with any of the following access rights: make public read only, make public read/write, and make private. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein at least one business research item has an associated RSS feed providing additional information. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein at least one business research item provides public filing information associated with a company. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein method is implemented across one or more networks. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 2 , wherein networks are any of, or a combination of, the following: local area network (LAN), wide area network (WAN), or the Internet. 
     
     
         8 . An article of manufacture storing computer readable program code implementing a method to automatically link a data element to existing research, said medium comprising:
 f. computer readable program code maintaining business research items for a subscriber, said business items comprising combinations of the following: company information, contact information, ideas, themes, or notes; and   g. computer readable program code receiving a user input for creating a new item for business research, said business research chosen from any of the following: company information, contact information, ideas, themes, or notes;   h. computer readable program code parsing said received user input and matching parsed user input to indexed research to identify at least one matching entry;   i. computer readable program code automatically suggesting a link between said at least one matching entry and said created new item; and   j. computer readable program code, upon receiving an acknowledgement accepting said suggested link, permanently storing said suggested link between said at least one matching entry and said created new item.   
     
     
         9 . The article of manufacture of  claim 8 , wherein at least one business research item belongs to another subscriber. 
     
     
         10 . The article of manufacture of  claim 8 , wherein at least one business research item has an associated RSS feed providing additional information. 
     
     
         11 . The article of manufacture of  claim 8 , wherein at least one business research item provides public filing information associated with a company. 
     
     
         12 . The article of manufacture of  claim 8 , wherein research items are associated with any of the following access rights: make public read only, make public read/write, and make private. 
     
     
         13 . A method comprising the steps of:
 a. maintaining business research items for a subscriber, said business items comprising combinations of the following: company information, contact information, ideas, themes, or notes; and   b. receiving instructions for creating a new item for business research, said business research chosen from any of the following: company information, contact information, ideas, themes, or notes;   c. parsing said received user input and matching parsed user input to indexed research to identify at least one matching entry;   d. automatically suggesting a link between said at least one matching entry and said created new item;   e. upon receiving an acknowledgement accepting said suggested link, permanently storing said suggested link between said at least one matching entry and said created new item;   f. receiving an input identifying filtering criteria associated with said newly created item for business research; and   g. based on said filtering criteria, assigning any of the following access rights: make public read only, make public read/write, and make private, wherein said filtering criteria permits said subscriber to define who within an organization has access to the newly created item for business research.   
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 13 , wherein at least one business research item belongs to another subscriber. 
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 13 , wherein at least one business research item has an associated RSS feed providing additional information. 
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 13 , wherein at least one business research item provides public filing information associated with a company. 
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 13 , wherein method is implemented across one or more networks. 
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 17 , wherein networks are any of, or a combination of, the following: local area network (LAN), wide area network (WAN), or the Internet.